Little chat API

Overview

LittleChat API is a simple chat service that allows users to create chat sessions, send messages, and retrieve messages from a chat session. It is built using Go and the Gin web framework, and it uses a PostgreSQL database to store chat data.

Features

• Create new chat sessions
• Send messages to a chat session
• Retrieve messages from a chat session

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker Compose

Installation

To set up the LittleChat on your local machine using Docker, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Navigate to the directory containing the docker-compose.yml file.
3. Run docker-compose up app to build and start the services.
4. The application should now be accessible on http://localhost:8080.

Usage

Once the server is running, you can interact with the API using the following endpoints:

• GET /chat?id={chat_id}: Retrieve messages from a given chat ID.

  curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/chat?id=1"

• GET /new: Create a new chat session and receive a unique chat ID.

  curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/new"

• POST /send: Send a message to a chat session.

  curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"chat_id":1,"sender_id":1,"text":"Hello, World!"}' "http://localhost:8080/send"

Contributing

Contributions to the LittleChat API are welcome. Please feel free to fork the repository, make changes, and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.